MMOs, unfortunately, do not last forever. When they sunset and close down for good, the whole genre mourns.
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MGI & Gamigo Q1 2022: Atlas Rogues is dead
I'm sorry to report this morning that Gamigo is sunsetting Atlas Rogues. The news came on Memorial Day when nobody in the US was...
Lord of the Rings Online is ending MacOS support on August 25
For a number of years, Mac users have been able to play Lord of the Rings Online in pre-Catalina versions of the MacOS (though...
Artist shares character creation screens from Daybreak’s nixed Marvel superhero MMO
It's very likely that the news of EG7 pulling the plug on Daybreak's in-development Marvel MMORPG didn't hit you very hard, considering that we...
EG7 Q1 2022 financials: EG7 has canceled Daybreak’s Marvel MMORPG
Remember earlier this month when NetEase announced that Jack Emmert was heading up a new NetEase studio called Jackalope Games, meaning that he was...
Scavengers enters PC maintenance mode and cans console development as its studio gets sold by Improbable
Over the past year, we've been following the development of Scavengers, a multiplayer PvPvE survival shooter that entered early access last April. Gameplay involved...
TERA turns on some rewarding events ahead of the game’s sunset next month
Sorry, TERA fans, but your game is on the chopping block. You didn't need to be reminded of that fact, doubtlessly, but that's where we...
Gearbox is sunsetting PWE’s Forsaken World on November 30
While Forsaken World may not have set the western MMORPG world on fire, there appeared to be enough players out there to snap up...
TERA’s PC version will sunset in June as Bluehole ceases work on the game
Today is the day that TERA's Japanese servers sunset... and unfortunately, the day heralds bad news for the rest of TERA's PC playerbase in...
Online TCG Spellweaver goes into maintenance mode following ‘final update’
A six-year-old online trading card game that once had aspirations of MMOhood is calling it quits, in a fashion.
Spellweaver's team announced that the online...
Mobile MMO Warhammer Odyssey is forced to sunset because of ‘malicious attacks’
It has been some time since we reported on Warhammer: Odyssey, the mobile MMO that was first unveiled in August 2019 and soft-launched in...
Ubisoft maintenance-modes Ghost Recon Breakpoint following failed NFT scheme
Let us take a moment to chronicle the brief history of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon Breakpoint. The game actually launched back in 2019, though it...
Elite Dangerous has fully canceled console development to prioritize PC
We're sorry to report this morning that Frontier has just announced that it will be canceling console development of Elite Dangerous, essentially sending the...
The Daily Grind: What was the MMO shutdown that hurt you the most?
You probably know this if you've been here long enough, but there was a time when I was known as "the City of Heroes guy"...
Bethsoft is sunsetting its launcher, migrating libraries – including Fallout 76 – to Steam
Hopefully you weren't too attached to the Bethesda.net game launcher, as it's sunsetting in early April and Bethsoft is asking players to migrate their...
Post-apoc survival FPS Survarium will sunset in May after seven years in early access
Early access doesn't always mean a game will launch, especially if it doesn't build up a captive audience during that access period. That would...
Just months after supposed angel investment, indie MMO TitanReach has ceased development – again
Raise your hand along with us if you saw this one coming: Indie MMO TitanReach has apparently ceased operation just half a year after...
US Army mil-sim FPS America’s Army Proving Grounds announces a May 5 sunset
America's Army: Proving Grounds, the official free-to-play FPS of the US Army, has announced that it will close up shop after eight years. For...
Element Quest is already sunsetting as devs lament a lack of players and funds
Well, damn: Element Quest, that cutesy MapleStory-esque MMO we covered last month, isn't gonna make it. Developer Musclebird announced on Steam last week that it's...
Kritika:REBOOT is shutting down on February 16
Kritika Online originally was brought over by En Masse Entertainment and lasted for about a year and a half before being shut down by...
Sea of Thieves plans new content seasons for 2022 but sunsets arena mode
Sea of Thieves went a bit Mary Celeste over the holidays, but this week, Rare has resurfaced with an outline of content through the...
